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Terminal 1

Rebuilt and reopening in stages. It handles a handful of regional flights a day — here is who uses it and how to tell whether yours is one of them.

Verified in August 2026

What Terminal 1 is for

Back in service, but only just. It has been rebuilt as part of the airport's expansion and is reopening in stages: today it handles a handful of regional flights a day and nothing else. Almost nobody arriving on a scheduled international flight will use it.

Terminal 1 is open again, with very little traffic. Today it handles 12 of 3,839 flights. If your booking says Terminal 1, check your boarding pass on the day: most scheduled international flights use another terminal.

Status Reopening Back in service, a few flights a day.
Gates 7 planned Regional and charter.
Airlines here 1 Counted from real flights.
Share of all flights 0% 12 of 3,839 flights.

Airlines using Terminal 1

As of 2026/09, while the terminal reopens in stages. Expect this list to grow.

  • Tropic Air

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Arriving into Terminal 1

The order is the same in every terminal, and knowing it stops the wait feeling open-ended.

1 Gate 5–15 min Taxiing and disembarking. A jetway is quicker than a bus.
2 Immigration 10–50 min International arrivals only. Domestic flights skip it.
3 Baggage 15–25 min The wait is for the belt to start, not for it to run.
4 Customs 2–10 min Green light and you walk out. Red light, an inspection.
5 Exit   Past the doors. Nobody may meet you before this point.

Landing to the doors: 35–100 minutes in total.

Landing to walking out: 35–50 minutes on a quiet day, 70–100 in peak season. That gap is why meeting someone at the landing time means an hour in the hall.

Getting out from here

All four ways out serve every operating terminal: the official taxi counter is inside the arrivals area, the ADO bus stops right outside, car rental desks are on site, and pre-booked transfers meet you past the exit doors.

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